1932–33 Lancashire Cup Explained

1932–33 Lancashire Cup
Structure:	Regional knockout championship
Season Champs:	Warrington
Season Champ Name:	Winners
Runner-Up Name:	Runner-up
Second Place:	St. Helens
Prevseason Link:	1931 Lancashire Cup
Prevseason Year:	1931–32
Nextseason Link:	1933 Lancashire Cup
Nextseason Year:	1933–34
No Of Teams:	13

The 1932–33 Lancashire Cup was the twenty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. Warrington won the trophy by beating St. Helens by 10–9 in the final.

Competition and results

The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at 13 and the same fixture format was retained. There was only one bye in the first round but now also a "blank" or "dummy" fixture. This also resulted in one bye in the second round.^[1]

Round 1

Involved 6 matches (with one bye and one "blank" fixture) and 13 clubs

width=20 abbr="No"	Game No	width=100 abbr="Date"	Fixture date	width=150 abbr="Home team"	Home team	width=5 abbr="space"		width=20 abbr="Score"	Score	width=5 abbr="space"		width=150 abbr="Away team"	Away team	width=150 abbr="Venue"	Venue	width=30 abbr="Att"	Att	width=30 abbr="Rec"	Rec	width=20 abbr="Notes"	Notes	width=30 abbr="Ref"	Ref
1	Sat 08 Oct 1932	Broughton Rangers		8–6		Wigan Highfield	The Cliff
2	Sat 08 Oct 1932	St Helens Recs		5–5		Oldham	City Road
3	Sat 08 Oct 1932	Rochdale Hornets		8–8		Salford	Athletic Grounds
4	Sat 08 Oct 1932	Warrington		24–14		Barrow	Wilderspool				^[2]
5	Sat 08 Oct 1932	Widnes		5–10		St. Helens	Naughton Park				^[3] ^[4]
6	Sat 08 Oct 1932	Wigan		14–3		Leigh	Central Park				^[5]
7		Swinton				bye
8		blank				blank

Round 1 – replays

Involved 2 matches

width=20 abbr="No"	Game No	width=100 abbr="Date"	Fixture date	width=150 abbr="Home team"	Home team	width=5 abbr="space"		width=20 abbr="Score"	Score	width=5 abbr="space"		width=150 abbr="Away team"	Away team	width=150 abbr="Venue"	Venue	width=30 abbr="Att"	Att	width=30 abbr="Rec"	Rec	width=20 abbr="Notes"	Notes	width=30 abbr="Ref"	Ref
1	Mon 10 Oct 1932	Oldham		4–0		St Helens Recs	Watersheddings			1
2	Wed 12 Oct 1932	Salford		26–13		Rochdale Hornets	The Willows

Round 1 – Second replays

Involved 1 match

width=20 abbr="No"	Game No	width=100 abbr="Date"	Fixture date	width=150 abbr="Home team"	Home team	width=5 abbr="space"		width=20 abbr="Score"	Score	width=5 abbr="space"		width=150 abbr="Away team"	Away team	width=150 abbr="Venue"	Venue	width=30 abbr="Att"	Att	width=30 abbr="Rec"	Rec	width=20 abbr="Notes"	Notes	width=30 abbr="Ref"	Ref
1	Thu 13 Oct 1932	Oldham		7–7		St Helens Recs	Watersheddings

Round 1 – Third replays

Involved 1 match

width=20 abbr="No"	Game No	width=100 abbr="Date"	Fixture date	width=150 abbr="Home team"	Home team	width=5 abbr="space"		width=20 abbr="Score"	Score	width=5 abbr="space"		width=150 abbr="Away team"	Away team	width=150 abbr="Venue"	Venue	width=30 abbr="Att"	Att	width=30 abbr="Rec"	Rec	width=20 abbr="Notes"	Notes	width=30 abbr="Ref"	Ref
1	Mon 17 Oct 1932	St Helens Recs		9–6		Oldham	The Willows

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Involved 3 matches (with one bye) and 7 clubs

width=20 abbr="No"	Game No	width=100 abbr="Date"	Fixture date	width=150 abbr="Home team"	Home team	width=5 abbr="space"		width=20 abbr="Score"	Score	width=5 abbr="space"		width=150 abbr="Away team"	Away team	width=150 abbr="Venue"	Venue	width=30 abbr="Att"	Att	width=30 abbr="Rec"	Rec	width=20 abbr="Notes"	Notes	width=30 abbr="Ref"	Ref
1	Wed 19 Oct 1932	Salford		25–11		Swinton	The Willows
2	Mon 24 Oct 1932	St. Helens		22–4		Broughton Rangers	Knowsley Road
3	Wed 26 Oct 1932	Warrington		11–8		St Helens Recs	Wilderspool
4		Wigan				bye

Round 3 – semifinals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

width=20 abbr="No"	Game No	width=100 abbr="Date"	Fixture date	width=150 abbr="Home team"	Home team	width=5 abbr="space"		width=20 abbr="Score"	Score	width=5 abbr="space"		width=150 abbr="Away team"	Away team	width=150 abbr="Venue"	Venue	width=30 abbr="Att"	Att	width=30 abbr="Rec"	Rec	width=20 abbr="Notes"	Notes	width=30 abbr="Ref"	Ref
1	Wed 02 Nov 1932	Salford		2–2		St. Helens	The Willows
2	Thu 03 Nov 1932	Warrington		21–10		Wigan	Wilderspool

Round 3 – semifinals – replays

Involved 1 match

width=20 abbr="No"	Game No	width=100 abbr="Date"	Fixture date	width=150 abbr="Home team"	Home team	width=5 abbr="space"		width=20 abbr="Score"	Score	width=5 abbr="space"		width=150 abbr="Away team"	Away team	width=150 abbr="Venue"	Venue	width=30 abbr="Att"	Att	width=30 abbr="Rec"	Rec	width=20 abbr="Notes"	Notes	width=30 abbr="Ref"	Ref
1	Mon 07 Nov 1932	St. Helens		17–10		Salford	Knowsley Road

Final

The final was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 28,500 and receipts £1,675. The attendance was again a new record – beating last year's total of 26,471.

width=20 abbr="No"	Game No	width=100 abbr="Date"	Fixture date	width=150 abbr="Home team"	Home team	width=5 abbr="space"		width=20 abbr="Score"	Score	width=5 abbr="space"		width=150 abbr="Away team"	Away team	width=150 abbr="Venue"	Venue	width=45 abbr="Att"	Att	width=60 abbr="Rec"	Rec	width=20 abbr="Notes"	Notes	width=30 abbr="Ref"	Ref
	Saturday 19 November 1932	Warrington		10–9		St. Helens	Central Park	28,500	£1,675	2 3	^[6]

Teams and scorers

width=280 abbr="Warrington"	Warrington	width=60 abbr="Number"	No.	width=280 abbr="St Helens"	St. Helens
	teams
	1	http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/player.php?num=15727
	2	http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/player.php?num=15513
	3
	4	http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/player.php?num=15012
	5
	6
	7	http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/player.php?num=15356
	8	http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/player.php?num=14834
	9	http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/player.php?num=15114
	10
	11
	12
	13	http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/player.php?num=15472
unknown	Coach	unknown
10	score	9
5	HT	7
	Scorers
	Tries
Dai Davies (1)	T	Albert Fildes (1)
Thomas "Tubby" Thompson (1)	T
	Goals
Billy Holding (2)	G	George Lewis (3)
Referee			A. Brown (Wakefield)

Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points

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The road to success

Notes and comments

1 * Match abandoned after 40 minutes

2 * The attendance of 28,500 was a new record for a Lancashire Cup final attendance

3 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was 47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959

See also

• 1932–33 Northern Rugby Football League season
• Rugby league county cups

External links

• Saints Heritage Society
• 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com
• Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897
• Widnes Vikings – One team, one passion Season In Review – 1896–97
• The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org
• http://www.wire2wolves.com/wolfbites.php?bite_id=1&browse_level=2

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rugby League Project.
2. Web site: Warrington Wolves – Results Archive – 1897 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100706043029/http://www.warringtonwolves.org/results-archive?y=1897 . 2010-07-06 .
3. Web site: Widnes Vikings – History – Season In Review – 1896–97.
4. Web site: Saints Heritage Society – History – Season 1896–97.
5. Web site: Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results.
6. Book: Raymond Fletcher and David Howes. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-100. 1991. Queen Anne Press. 0 35617852 8.
7. Web site: Wire2Wolves Warrington archive. 2014-02-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222234741/http://www.wire2wolves.com/wolfbites.php?bite_id=1&browse_level=2. 2014-02-22. dead.